Plan

I leave for Olympia in a week. The whole plan became a lot more real after I quit my job about a week ago. Here are some pictures from my old job (you can click on each to see a bigger version):

My cubicle:


Some of the other cubicles to which I delivered mail every day:


Two good friends of mine who also helped with the mail:


Some mailboxes, where I delivered a lot of the mail that did not go to the cubicles:


A celebration of my greatest achievement as Mailroom Clerk, along with some pictures that people mailed to me with their mortgage payments:


The letter-opening machine on which the aforementioned speed record was set:


That's what I'm leaving, along with a frustratingly cyclical love situation with no clear answer and some close family that will probably be okay without me.

Here's what I hope to find in Olympia:
- more reasons to spend time outdoors and exercising
- people who are less suspicious of unusual things
- more time around animals, either as a volunteer or foster
- Nick and/or Mitchel
- a job that I like, probably in education, animals, or medicine*
- a place where I can live with some kind of Pit mix*
- friendliness to my bike
- crazies in the street
- a pretty lady who makes me feel less frustrated with everything but does not kill my ambition*

*These will probably take a while.

I am trying very hard not to panic or give up on things I don't yet understand. This song comes to mind pretty often: